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Hovis & Courtaulds = Quorn
Courtaulds (now Akzo) taught Hovis how to weave strands of mushroom fungus, a
byproduct of bread making, into Quorn; now one of the UK’s biggest food brands.
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Coca-Cola & Cola-Life
ColaLife uses the left over space in Coca-Cola crates to open up new distribution
channels to carry ‘social products’ such as oral rehydration salts.
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Pizza Express & Pay Pal
Pay Pal enable Pizza Express customers to settle their bill and share the bill with
friends, using an iPhone app, and leave the restaurant whenever they like.
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F1 Intensive Care Unit
Doctors learned from the Forumla 1 pit stop as analogous to transferring patients
from operating room to intensive care, reducing errors made and saving lives.
- 5. 09/08/2012 © 100%Open 5
Reebok Pumps
Reebok Pumps innovation came from standard blood pressure monitors. Their first
year’s sales we over $1bn and propelled Reebok ahead of Nike for the first time.
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Starbucks and Square
Square & Starbucks have announced a unexpected partnership that will see them
using the mobile payment service in 7,000 stores while also investing $25m in it.
- 7. 09/08/2012 © 100%Open 2010 7
LEGO Cuusoo
LEGO Cuusoo is an innovation platform where people can submit designs, build a
market before investing in production, and receive a 1% royalty when it is produced.
- 8. 09/08/2012 © 100%Open 2010 8
Orange & Last Second Tickets
Orange asked for ‘the next Orange Wednesday’s’ – a brand proposition to attract and
retain customers – & found one called Last Second Tickets (rebranded as Fun
Finder).
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Swatch & Mercedes = Smart
Swatch worked closely with Mercedes to develop the hugely popular Smart car using
the same type of manufacturing strategies and personalization.